Bloomberg:
Sources: Alibaba replaces DingTalk CEO Chen Hang with Chen Yusen after an internal debate over the enterprise communication app's role in Alibaba's AI strategy  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has replaced the head of its Dingtalk app, making a high-profile leadership change after an internal debate erupted …

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia:
Applied Materials opens a $500M chip equipment manufacturing campus in Singapore, making the city-state home to ~50% of its production capacity alongside the US  —  SINGAPORE — Top U.S. chip equipment maker Applied Materials has opened a $500 million manufacturing campus in Singapore …

Financial Times:
Analysis: Conservative and Reform UK MPs have increased their volume of posts on X since Elon Musk's takeover, while center-left politicians have reduced theirs  —  Majority of Labour and Liberal Democrat politicians are on alternative social media platform Bluesky, report shows

Drew Friedman / Federal News Network:
US OPM awards a ~$400M, 10-year IT contract to Oracle to develop a single, government-wide system for agencies to manage their HR capabilities  —  The nearly $400 million, 10-year contract is expected to deliver a single, governmentwide system for agencies to manage their human resources capabilities.

Moneycontrol:
Opendoor says it is shutting down its India operations and laying off nearly 250 employees, replacing them with smaller, AI-enabled teams in the US  —  Affected employees will receive severance pay, outplacement services and transition support, while a small group will remain temporarily …

A.J. Vicens / Reuters:
The FBI seizes 13 domains allegedly tied to fake consulting firms that sought information from US government and military employees for suspected Chinese agents  —  Federal authorities announced on Wednesday the seizure of 13 internet domains tied to what the U.S. Justice Department called …

J.D. Capelouto / Semafor:
Google Quantum AI COO says the company declined funding from the $2B Trump administration grant because “conditions” attached would have slowed its work  —  Google didn't take funding from the Trump administration for quantum computing because of “conditions” …

Maxwell Zeff / Wired:
Anthropic backtracks on a policy limiting Claude Fable 5's ability to develop other AI models, after significant backlash from the AI research community  —  The company changed course after researchers spoke out against the policy, which would have covertly limited Claude's ability to develop competing AI models.

Shinhye Kang / Bloomberg:
South Korean regulators fined Coupang $409M for a data leak in 2025 that exposed ~33.7M accounts and escalated into a diplomatic conflict with the US  —  A South Korean regulator fined the country's largest e-commerce platform, owned by US-listed Coupang Inc., a record 624.7 billion won …

The Texas Tribune:
Letter: Texas Governor Greg Abbott released regulatory recommendations for state lawmakers to ensure that data centers shoulder the costs of their growth  —  The recommendations for legislative action amount to a striking call for industry regulation by the Republican governor in a state …

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: OpenAI is considering drastically lowering its price for tokens in anticipation of similar cuts the company expects at Anthropic  —  The company might lower prices for tokens, the central unit for gauging AI costs, though the discussions are still in flux

Jay Peters / The Verge:
Product head Alex Benzer says Bluesky plans to add “communities” this year, smaller spaces to “go deeper and hang out with people who care about the same stuff”  —  They're set to launch sometime this year. They're set to launch sometime this year.

The Verge:
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty warn of an “Xbox reset” in the next 100 days, citing challenges like annual revenue down ~$500M over the past five years  —  The company has been preparing for the layoffs internally for weeks.

Maria Cheng / Reuters:
Canada introduces the Safe Social Media Act, a bill that would ban social media for children under 16 and establish safety standards for AI chatbots  —  The Canadian government introduced a new digital safety bill on Wednesday that would ban social media for children under 16 with exemptions …